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he kept saying in the campaign essentially, if you put me back in i'm going to focus on immigration, energy, i'm going to focus on this god awful deficit and debt we have. those seemed to be the three long-term things he was playing for and then newton happened and like every parent, like every american, his heart was broken and he has taken this incredibly politically difficult and divisive issue of gun safety and put it ahead i think of debt and deficit, immigration and energy. he had to respond to what happened and people right now are judging that response. >> there's a blueprint. certainly there's a blueprint and they're working on the blueprint. plans on how they'll pursue gun control and plans on how they'll pursue immigration. massive rollouts in the next few weeks. marco rubio seasoning the house for possible transformative legislation. >> 2016 happened right here right now. >> and she wasn't even the first. >> wasn't even the first. margaret and paul, thank you for joining us to talk ability these fascinating issues. >> and when we return, a sneak peek at tomorrow's parade route a
he kept saying in the campaign essentially, if you put me back in i'm going to focus on immigration, energy, i'm going to focus on this god awful deficit and debt we have. those seemed to be the three long-term things he was playing for and then newton happened and like every parent, like every american, his heart was broken and he has taken this incredibly politically difficult and divisive issue of gun safety and put it ahead i think of debt and deficit, immigration and energy. he had to...
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looked at his energy policy. cap and trade that came from heritage. republican proposal. he got beat up for it. he started -- the base got very frustrated. you love the republicans more than you love us. i think that he had to come to jesus moment at some point in that presidency and said i'm going to stick with those who brought me. i think he's a different guy. >> more political. >> will he use that capital, the difference, to deal with -- there's a generational challenge, medicare, social security, that are -- they are the binding on any president to get things done because of the financial impact of the country. clinton tried to do them. he had the best economy in a generation, that was the time to get them durngs the lewinsky scandal came along. bush tried to do them, iraq war and then katrina. he couldn't get it done. will this president seize this moment and tries to do medicare and social security, his vice president say i want to run for president. >> he will be more successful because he's tougher. there's danger and frankly david gergen, wrote a great piece on
looked at his energy policy. cap and trade that came from heritage. republican proposal. he got beat up for it. he started -- the base got very frustrated. you love the republicans more than you love us. i think that he had to come to jesus moment at some point in that presidency and said i'm going to stick with those who brought me. i think he's a different guy. >> more political. >> will he use that capital, the difference, to deal with -- there's a generational challenge,...
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she wants to make sure her heart is in it and she can give it the energy she deserves. >> reporter: but the first lady's top priority is her family. >> at the end of the day, my most important title is still mom in chief. my daughters are still the heart of my heart. and the center of my world. >> living in the most famous house in the world, the obamas have tried to stay grounded. >> i always tell my friends that i still recognize them. they haven't become some other crazy kids. >> reporter: they have some help from the first lady's mother who lives on the third floor of the white house and they keep a daily routine. mrs. obama is up early, sometimes 4:30 a.m. letting bo out and hitting the gym before her daughters wake up. the president starts working out before she wraps up. the girls head off to class and the president walks to the oval office around 8:30. almost every night, the family gathers for dinner together at 6:30 p.m. >> they're not in the least bit interested in his day. they're interested in their day and that's such a relief to have those quality moments. >> reporter: it
she wants to make sure her heart is in it and she can give it the energy she deserves. >> reporter: but the first lady's top priority is her family. >> at the end of the day, my most important title is still mom in chief. my daughters are still the heart of my heart. and the center of my world. >> living in the most famous house in the world, the obamas have tried to stay grounded. >> i always tell my friends that i still recognize them. they haven't become some other...
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. >> so much of the energy, so much of the sensation of this weekend four years ago was around the fact that barack obama had been elected the first black president of this country. how much of that sense still exists now four years later or how much of it is just part of the past and now we're moving on? >> i don't think it's part of the past and we're moving on. people are cherishing that and looking for the next four years to be stronger in terms of action and inexclusiveness for all people. i think it's going to be a good four years. >> how do you bring the congressmen together. >> what is a thing that's going to make people who don't really seem to necessarily know each other, i was surprised when i heard that the other day from a senator. senator mansion i think said it how do you bring people not only to know each other, but to want to work toward a common goal? >> well many of us are trying to bring people together. one of the things that i'm doing as part of an organization called faith in politics, every first weekend in march, we take a group of democrats and republicans, lea
. >> so much of the energy, so much of the sensation of this weekend four years ago was around the fact that barack obama had been elected the first black president of this country. how much of that sense still exists now four years later or how much of it is just part of the past and now we're moving on? >> i don't think it's part of the past and we're moving on. people are cherishing that and looking for the next four years to be stronger in terms of action and inexclusiveness for...
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the energy level is so high here. it's a beautiful day here on the national mall. welcome back to our special coverage of the president barack obama's inauguration, live from the nation's capitol. i'm john berman. >> and i'm soledad o'brien. if you're just tuning in to join us, we appreciate you being with us. barack obama was sworn in this afternoon for a second term as president of the united states. >> the ceremony took place at the white house. with the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god. >> so help
the energy level is so high here. it's a beautiful day here on the national mall. welcome back to our special coverage of the president barack obama's inauguration, live from the nation's capitol. i'm john berman. >> and i'm soledad o'brien. if you're just tuning in to join us, we appreciate you being with us. barack obama was sworn in this afternoon for a second term as president of the united states. >> the ceremony took place at the white house. with the chief justice of the...
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he's basically said, look, if you're not in for it and running out of energy, then you should move on because he is as energetic as i've ever seen him and ready to move forward with the next term. i don't think burnout is going to be a problem. >> so, you just mentioned two key women in the president's cabinet, but you know the president has been under fire lately for not having enough women in top positions. there's that famous picture, valerie, where your leg was showing but that was about the only female part we saw in that photograph. can you tell us a little bit about the president's concern about promoting more women to key jobs? >> look, the president has been surrounded by strong women throughout his entire life. raised by a single mom and lived with his grandmother who was a great role model for him and married to a very competent wife and his first cabinet reflected the diversity of our country and put women in charge of key initiatives, such as his deputy chief of staff and now kathleen sebelius is implementing it. his cabinet when makess best decision when he is surrounded
he's basically said, look, if you're not in for it and running out of energy, then you should move on because he is as energetic as i've ever seen him and ready to move forward with the next term. i don't think burnout is going to be a problem. >> so, you just mentioned two key women in the president's cabinet, but you know the president has been under fire lately for not having enough women in top positions. there's that famous picture, valerie, where your leg was showing but that was...